The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 2, 1928
Waxing Gibbous
85.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 PM
5:03 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.4%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 382,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 64
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.5° / 31.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 59m / 24.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.89° / 3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.40° / -3.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.81° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.